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The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their worksFairbanks, Arthur

Philosophy

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

Name: The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works
Author: Fairbanks, Arthur

Fairbanks, Arthur

Philosophy, Ancient

406. Porphyr. οὐδ’ ὁ Κρόνος, Eustath. omits. 407. Porphyr. adds
    ἥ ἐστιν ἡ φιλία. 408. Cf. Plato _Legg._ vi. 782 D and Iamblich.
    _Vit. Pyth._ 151. 409. Athen. γρ. δὲ, Burnett μακτοῖς: Porphyr.
    δαιδαλεόσμοις. 410. Porphyr. ἀκράτου. 411. Athen. ξανθῶν ...
    ῥίπτοντες. 412. Porphyr. Cyrill. ἀκρίτοισι, Euseb. ἀκράτοισι,
    corr. Scalig. Porphyr. δεύεται. 413. Cyrill. ἔσχον. 414.
    Porphyr. ἀπορρέσαντες ... ἐέλμεναι, corr. Stein and Viger.

415-420. Iamblich. _Vit. Pyth._ 67. Porphyr. _Vit. Pyth._ 30. 415, 417.
Diog. Laer. viii. 54.

    Order of verses in MS. 415, 17, 16.

421-424. 421-422. Schol. Nicand. _Theriac._ p. 81 Schn. 423-424.
Theophrast. _de caus. plant._ i. 13, 2. Cf. Plut. _Quaest. conv._ 649 C.

    422. MS. φιλοφροσύνη, corr. Stz. 423-424. ἀείφυλλα καὶ
    ἐμπεδόκαρπά φησι θάλλειν καρπῶν ἀφθονίῃσι κατ’ ἠέρα πάντ’
    ἐνιαυτὸν restored by Hermann. Herm. αἰείφυλλα, corr. Karst.
    from Plutarch. Stz. κατ’ ἠέρα, Lobeck. κατήορα.

425-427. Arist. _Rhet._ i. 13 1373 b 15.

    425. Arist. τοῦτο γὰρ οὐ τισὶ μὲν δίκαιον, τισὶ δ’ οὐ δίκαιον,
    Karst. θεμιτὸν ... ἀθέμιστον. 427. _Y_b_Z_b_A_c αὐγῆς, Bekker
    from one MS. αὖ γῆς.

428-429. Sext. E. _Math._ ix. 129.

430-435. Sext. following the last verses. 430-431. Plut. _de
superstitione_ 171 C.

    431. MSS. οἱ δὲ πορεῦνται, Scalig. ὃς ... πορεῦται, Diels
    φορεῦνται. 432. MSS. θύοντες ὅδ’ ἀνήκουστος, corr. Hermann.
    435. MSS. ἀπορραίσαντα, corr. Karst.

436-437. Porphyr. _de abst._ ii. 31.

438-439. Aelian, _Hist. An._ xii. 7; _Orphic. Frag._ p. 511 Herm.

    438. Ael. ἐν θηρσὶ δὲ.

440. Plut. _Quaest. conv._ 646 D.

    MSS. τῆς δάφνης τῶν φύλλων ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἔχεσθαι χρή, corr. Stein.

441. Aul. Gell. _N. A._ iv. 11; Didym. _Geopon._ ii. 35, 8.

442-443, Theo. Smyrn. _Arith._ i. 19 Bull, p. 15, 9 Hill.

    MS. κρηνάων ἀπὸ πεντ’ ἀνιμῶντα, φησίν, ἀτείρει χαλκῷ δεῖν
    ἀπορρύπτεσθαι, Arist. _poet._ xxi.; 1457 b 13 ταμὼν ἀτειρέι
    χαλκῷ. Text from Diels.

444. Plut. _de ira_ 464 B.

445-446. Clem. Al. _Protr._ p. 23. Cf. _Carmen aureum_ v. 54 f.

447-449. Clem. Al. _Strom._ p. 632; Theod. _Therap._ viii. p. 599.

450-451. Clem. Al. _Strom._ p. 722; Euseb. _Praep. evang._ xiii. 13. MSS.
ἐόντες ἀ. Ἀχαιῶν ἀπόκληροι ἀπηρεῖς corr. Scaliger.


TRANSLATION.


_Book I._

1. And do thou hear me, Pausanias, son of wise Anchites.

2. For scant means of acquiring knowledge are scattered among the members
of the body; and many are the evils that break in to blunt the edge of
studious thought. And gazing on a little portion of life that is not
life, swift to meet their fate, they rise and are borne away like smoke,
persuaded only of that on which each one chances as he is driven this way
and that, but the whole he vainly boasts he has found. Thus these things
are neither seen nor heard distinctly by men, nor comprehended by the
mind. And thou, now that thou hast withdrawn hither, shalt learn no more
than what mortal mind has seen.

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Philosophy

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

Fairbanks, Arthur

Philosophy, Ancient

406. Porphyr. οὐδ’ ὁ Κρόνος, Eustath. omits. 407. Porphyr. adds
    ἥ ἐστιν ἡ φιλία. 408. Cf. Plato _Legg._ vi. 782 D and Iamblich.
    _Vit. Pyth._ 151. 409. Athen. γρ. δὲ, Burnett μακτοῖς: Porphyr.
    δαιδαλεόσμοις. 410. Porphyr. ἀκράτου. 411. Athen. ξανθῶν ...
    ῥίπτοντες. 412. Porphyr. Cyrill. ἀκρίτοισι, Euseb. ἀκράτοισι,
    corr. Scalig. Porphyr. δεύεται. 413. Cyrill. ἔσχον. 414.
    Porphyr. ἀπορρέσαντες ... ἐέλμεναι, corr. Stein and Viger.

415-420. Iamblich. _Vit. Pyth._ 67. Porphyr. _Vit. Pyth._ 30. 415, 417.
Diog. Laer. viii. 54.

    Order of verses in MS. 415, 17, 16.

421-424. 421-422. Schol. Nicand. _Theriac._ p. 81 Schn. 423-424.
Theophrast. _de caus. plant._ i. 13, 2. Cf. Plut. _Quaest. conv._ 649 C.

    422. MS. φιλοφροσύνη, corr. Stz. 423-424. ἀείφυλλα καὶ
    ἐμπεδόκαρπά φησι θάλλειν καρπῶν ἀφθονίῃσι κατ’ ἠέρα πάντ’
    ἐνιαυτὸν restored by Hermann. Herm. αἰείφυλλα, corr. Karst.
    from Plutarch. Stz. κατ’ ἠέρα, Lobeck. κατήορα.

425-427. Arist. _Rhet._ i. 13 1373 b 15.

    425. Arist. τοῦτο γὰρ οὐ τισὶ μὲν δίκαιον, τισὶ δ’ οὐ δίκαιον,
    Karst. θεμιτὸν ... ἀθέμιστον. 427. _Y_b_Z_b_A_c αὐγῆς, Bekker
    from one MS. αὖ γῆς.

428-429. Sext. E. _Math._ ix. 129.

430-435. Sext. following the last verses. 430-431. Plut. _de
superstitione_ 171 C.

    431. MSS. οἱ δὲ πορεῦνται, Scalig. ὃς ... πορεῦται, Diels
    φορεῦνται. 432. MSS. θύοντες ὅδ’ ἀνήκουστος, corr. Hermann.
    435. MSS. ἀπορραίσαντα, corr. Karst.

436-437. Porphyr. _de abst._ ii. 31.

438-439. Aelian, _Hist. An._ xii. 7; _Orphic. Frag._ p. 511 Herm.

    438. Ael. ἐν θηρσὶ δὲ.

440. Plut. _Quaest. conv._ 646 D.

    MSS. τῆς δάφνης τῶν φύλλων ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἔχεσθαι χρή, corr. Stein.

441. Aul. Gell. _N. A._ iv. 11; Didym. _Geopon._ ii. 35, 8.

442-443, Theo. Smyrn. _Arith._ i. 19 Bull, p. 15, 9 Hill.

    MS. κρηνάων ἀπὸ πεντ’ ἀνιμῶντα, φησίν, ἀτείρει χαλκῷ δεῖν
    ἀπορρύπτεσθαι, Arist. _poet._ xxi.; 1457 b 13 ταμὼν ἀτειρέι
    χαλκῷ. Text from Diels.

444. Plut. _de ira_ 464 B.

445-446. Clem. Al. _Protr._ p. 23. Cf. _Carmen aureum_ v. 54 f.

447-449. Clem. Al. _Strom._ p. 632; Theod. _Therap._ viii. p. 599.

450-451. Clem. Al. _Strom._ p. 722; Euseb. _Praep. evang._ xiii. 13. MSS.
ἐόντες ἀ. Ἀχαιῶν ἀπόκληροι ἀπηρεῖς corr. Scaliger.


TRANSLATION.


_Book I._

1. And do thou hear me, Pausanias, son of wise Anchites.

2. For scant means of acquiring knowledge are scattered among the members
of the body; and many are the evils that break in to blunt the edge of
studious thought. And gazing on a little portion of life that is not
life, swift to meet their fate, they rise and are borne away like smoke,
persuaded only of that on which each one chances as he is driven this way
and that, but the whole he vainly boasts he has found. Thus these things
are neither seen nor heard distinctly by men, nor comprehended by the
mind. And thou, now that thou hast withdrawn hither, shalt learn no more
than what mortal mind has seen.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works

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